HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Monster Mash
Posted by believer1 on November 1, 2008
https://losthunderlads.com/2008/11/01/monster-mash/
The Nation, 3 November 2008
This issue starts with letters from writers upset with the magazine for publishing Sydney Schanberg’s piece on American POWs unaccounted for after the US disengaged from the Vietnam War. These correspondents cite their own published work indicating that North Vietnam did not hold American POWs back and arguing that the story that it did merely enables Americans to see in their own captive countrymen as the main victims of the Vietnam War. In response, Schanberg points out that his critics do not offer new information or level any specific criticisms of his research.
Eric Foner reviews Philip Dray’s Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen. The sixteen African American members of Congress Dray discusses led exciting lives, and Foner mentions several of the rollicking tales of adventure featured in the book.
Posted by acilius on November 1, 2008
https://losthunderlads.com/2008/11/01/the-nation-3-nov-08/
Tori Amos – China
I love music by Tori Amos. She has a great voice and can really play the piano. China was one of the first songs to introduce me to Tori’s work. It is a beautiful song that I enjoy singing along with. ENJOY!
Posted by believer1 on October 31, 2008
https://losthunderlads.com/2008/10/31/tori-amos-china/
Girly Man
Scary Halloween video!
Posted by CMStewart on October 31, 2008
https://losthunderlads.com/2008/10/31/girly-man/
Scariest Jack-O-Lantern Ever!
Barracuda Sarah
Sarah Spores
Posted by CMStewart on October 30, 2008
https://losthunderlads.com/2008/10/30/scariest-jack-o-lantern-ever/
Mulled Chai/Mulled Apple Juice
These recipes would be good for Halloween and other fall events.
The basic spice ingredients and amounts in each are the same.
MULLED CHAI
Boil 5 minutes, then steep 10 minutes:
1 Tbsp fennel or anise seeds
6 cardamom pods
12 cloves
1 cinnamon stick
1/3″ ginger root, sliced thin
6 black peppercorns
2 bay leaves
6 cups water
Add to above, bring to a boil, and simmer 5 minutes:
2 Tbsp (6 opened tea bags) Darjeeling tea
Strain through cheesecloth or a discarded T-shirt.
Add to above and stir:
6 Tbsp honey or maple syrup
1 cup milk
Heat.
MULLED APPLE JUICE
Mix and simmer:
1 Tbsp fennel or anise seeds
6 cardamom pods
12 cloves
1 cinnamon stick
1/3″ ginger root, sliced thin
6 black peppercorns
2 bay leaves
6 cups apple juice
Posted by CMStewart on October 28, 2008
https://losthunderlads.com/2008/10/28/mulled-chaimulled-apple-juice/
You’ve Got to Be Joking AKA Presidential Election 2008
What’s the most embarrassing USA political debacle?
a. Bush Jr.
b. Bush Jr. for a 2nd term
c. McCain after Bush Jr.’s 2nd term
Wrong, wrong, and wrong! It’s Palin!
But she’s not running for President, right? . . RIGHT??
Wrong!
[Insert cocky Alaskan colloquialism here] she is!
A fellow wordpresser’s blog:
Posted by CMStewart on October 27, 2008
https://losthunderlads.com/2008/10/27/youve-got-to-be-joking-aka-presidential-election-2008/
Counterpunch, 16-30 September 2008
Is McCain sicker than we know, ask Alex Cockburn and Fred Gardner. Cockburn’s attitude towards McCain is properly lurid and sensationalistic; here he speculates that Crazy John might be in the terminal stages of melanoma.
Posted by acilius on October 24, 2008
https://losthunderlads.com/2008/10/24/counterpunch-16-30-september-2008/
The Atlantic Monthly, November 2008
This month’s issue features Hanna Rosin on the question of whether children should have sex changes. Not all children, just the ones who seem interested. As she interviews parents, children, and professionals on all sides of the question, she finds some unexpected attitudes and difficulties.
Jeffrey Goldberg writes of his attempts to attract the attention of airport security screening personnel by posing as a potential terrorist. Carrying weapons, using a fake boarding pass, failing to produce identiciation, and wearing a T-Shirt emblazoned with the words “Osama bin Laden Hero of Islam” Goldberg got— on the plane! No problem whatsoever. He quotes aviation security expert Bruce Schneier‘s characterization of the TSA screening process as “security theater” and of the long lines it creates as ripe targets for suicide bombers.
Posted by acilius on October 24, 2008
https://losthunderlads.com/2008/10/24/the-atlantic-monthly-november-2008/
The Nation, 27 October 2008
In this issue, George Scialabba givesa favorable review to The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal and Stuart Klawans recommends a number of new films, most notably Jia Zhangke’s 24 City. Noteworthy is a paid supplement, “Steal Back Your Vote!,” a comic book about voting rights by Greg Palast and Robert F. Kennedy Junior.
Posted by acilius on October 24, 2008
https://losthunderlads.com/2008/10/24/the-nation-27-october-2008/
Panther Red 